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Past News - 2012

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Never the favorite part of any student’s research project, creating accurate and correctly formatted citations is still a critical part of scholarly communications and ethics. Fortunately, to make the process less painful, Polk Library, with funds from the Student Technology Fee program, pur...
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The latest edition of the Polk Library newsletter is here.
An introduction to Search@UW, Polk Library's new "discovery layer"
The Area Research Center turns 50 years old
RefWorks Citation Tool is Here
Polk's Golden Birthday Party Photos or more... .
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Polk Library is a proud sponsor of Saturday's Iraq War in Retrospect symposium. The event will provide citizens of Wisconsin with a unique opportunity to critically assess a war that impacted American (and Iraqi) society, politics and military families significantly over the past decade. T...
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Polk Library is celebrating its 50 th anniversary “1962-style” on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Fifty years to the day the library was formally dedicated; the campus and community are invited to gather in Polk 205B to celebrate a half century of service with an afternoon “mocktail party.”
Fr...
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Polk Library is happy to announce a new trial for the American History in Video database from Alexander Street Press. This large collection of over 5000 videos, range from documentaries to primary historical resources. Sources such as PBS, WGBH Boston, The History Channel and the National Archive...
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